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title: "Research Alert: CFRA Maintains Sell Opinion On Shares Of Patterson-uti Energy, Inc."
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description: "CFRA maintains a sell opinion on Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc., raising its 12-month target price from $6.50 to $9.50. Analysts suggest shares are slightly overvalued, with a projected operating loss per share of $0.21 for 2026. The company is trading about 20% above its historical average on EBITDA. While privately-held E&Ps are increasing spending due to rising crude oil prices, public E&Ps are not expected to follow suit until at least 2027."
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# Research Alert: CFRA Maintains Sell Opinion On Shares Of Patterson-uti Energy, Inc.

11:45 AM EDT, 05/01/2026 (MT Newswires) -- CFRA, an independent research provider, has provided MT Newswires with the following research alert. Analysts at CFRA have summarized their opinion as follows:

Our 12-month target price of $9.50, raised from $6.50, reflects a 4.8x multiple of enterprise value to projected '27 EBITDA, about in line with PTEN's historical forward average. Our DCF model, using a WACC of 7.7% and terminal growth of 2.0%, also finds shares to be slightly overvalued. We narrow our projected '26 operating loss per share by $0.13 to $0.21, and similarly, '27's by $0.27 to $0.02. Shares are trading about 20% above PTEN's historical forward average on EBITDA, and the bull case for the company rests on a near-term inflection point in its Completion Services segment (a segment that comprised 37% of Q1 2026 EBITDA before corporate expenses), in our view. To be fair, privately-held E&Ps do appear to be ramping up spending in response to the surge in crude oil prices, but we do not anticipate similar behavior from the public E&Ps until at least 2027, and possibly not to the degree that PTEN might hope.

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